Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-11-05

ler's is jolly. Buffers complexion is fair
Pryor's is dark; his thick name of hair. which
curls AS it falls upon his coat collar. is NJ
black as a ravens wing, and it shines blk.
oiled ebony. Butler seldom looks sober, rnd
never appears very fierce. Pryor could scas
the devil into fits if he chose to do So, AMI III
has habit of corrugating his chin and fore
head like zinc lined wash board when he il
in meditation, and his eyes move from ont
side of their lids to the other in "a legal frenzy
rolling" Pryor is over six feet high. He is
as straight as string and is full of nervou,
activity. He talks well, makes an ex
| cclleut speech in deep chest tones
and he is considered one of the hes,
lawyers in the country. He is q man
/ with a history. and he first turned up in
national politics as President Pierce's special
commissioner to Greece IN 1885,, He dabble,i
in the law shortly after he graduated from
/ college ten years before this, dropped it and
turned his attention to editorial work. He
edited a political Journal after he came back
I from Greece known as The South, and then
/ did work on The Washington States. He was
/ in congress before the war, was a member of
! the Confederate congress and a brisadier
! general IN the Confederate army. After the
thence drifted to New York 1t was in Ten
ncssee, think. that friend met him while
he was IN a fit NJ the blues and told him he
ought to go to New York city and practice
law Pryor replied that he did not know
much about the law, but his friend said that
that fnade no difference in the New York
prac' ice, and advised him to go anyhow. He
tool the advice, went TO the metropolis, and
for had tar ,f
It One day man came into his Office and
asked for Gen Pryor. Pryor was startled,
and be was more surprised when the man
continued:
Il wish, Gen Pryor, to retain you in a
law suit, which will come up in the supreme
court tomorrow"
He then explained his case, and asked
Pryor what his fee would be- Pryor did not
know what to say. He thought he ought to
have hundred dollars, but he feared the
man might think it too much and he might
lose the case While he stroked his long
chin in deep meditation the man said:
Il wiz give You what l agreed to pay
my other counsel if that will satisfy
You. am to pay him 500 down and $500
when the case is tried Gen. Pryor replied
that he thought that would be sufficient, and
to receiving $1,000 fees every day for years
hack He tried the case and tried il well He
threw his whole soul into his speech, electri
fed the court and won. He attracted atten-
ton by his effort, and since then he has had
all the business that he could do. He will
not make a fortune out Of the Anarchist
cases. but he has added 10 his reputation.
1 met DR. Burnett, the husband of Frances
I'll H., ,,,, ,,,t,
t,,,arian book store recently. Hewas looking
ever some rare book plates which he was
shout to buy to add TO his remarkable collec-
lion of this character. He is a bright eyed
brunette of between 80 and 10 years of age,
und is one of the eminent oculists of this city.
asked him as to his wife, and he told me
that Mrs. Burnett is now in Florence, Italy,
where she will put the children to school.
The Burnett children are two boys-bright
eyed. blonde haired little fellows, just enter
ing their teens. They look more like their
mother than their father, and Mrs. Burnett
evidently believes in giving them chance at
the language while they are young. In the
meantime Mrs Burnett has nothing new on
hand in the way of work, and she is not turn
ing out very much manuscript. l imagine
the trip which she takes now has to do with
her health as much as with the euucation OF
her boys.
ihe two civil service commissioners, Edser-
ton and Oberly, have been having the KIND
OF time that the monkey and the parrot had
during the old womans absence. as told IN
the story, and they hardly smile now when
they pass by They are as widely separated
in their characters ns the poles, and they mix |
no better than OIL and water. lhey are ooth
nice fellows, too, but Win dinerence
Edgerton Is an Old style gentleman. He be-
ieves in the principles OF Andrew Jackson's
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